Archon ( grc, Ἄρχων) of Aegeira was an

Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...

n statesman of the 2nd century BCE. Archon was one of those who defended the conduct of the

Achaean League The Achaean League (Greek: , ''Koinon ton Akhaion'' "League of Achaeans") was a Hellenistic-era confederation of Greek city states on the northern and central Peloponnese. The league was named after the region of Achaea in the northwestern Pel ...

with reference to

Sparta Sparta ( Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referre ...

before

Caecilius Metellus Caecilius Metellus may refer to: * Gaius Caecilius Metellus, a Roman politician in the 80s BC * Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius, Roman consul in 113 BC * Lucius Caecilius Metellus (disambiguation) * Marcus Caecilius Metellus (disambiguation) * ...

in 185. And he was one of the Achaean ambassadors sent to Egypt in 168. Archon is perhaps the same as the "Archo", the brother of

Xenarchus Xenarchus ( el, Ξέναρχος; 1st century BC) of Seleucia in Cilicia, was a Greek Peripatetic philosopher and grammarian. Xenarchus left home early, and devoted himself to the profession of teaching, first at Alexandria, afterwards at Athen ...

, who was mentioned by

Livy Titus Livius (; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy ( ), was a Ancient Rome, Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled , covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditiona ...

, '' Ab Urbe Condita Libri'' 41.29

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